Thetford has a welcoming history. So why have there been so many demonstrations this summer over plans to house asylum seekers at a nearby military base – as well as nights of violent disorder ? ‘I don’t talk to mainstream media,” says a young man in an Arsenal shirt.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/29/the-battle-over-raf-barnham-how-ominous-anti-asylum-protests-engulfed-a-small-norfolk-town)